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Laws
Fully Grown Royal
   
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Posted - 10/05/2011 : 20:45:36
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ok went on a classified forum . a guy has some snakes he wants to give away . he moved with his family over to cameroon where he breeds them , his wife is pregnant and he is now working more so he wants to get rid of them . he says they are CB's and he has the papers and health certificates , come with "cities permit" (??) all i need to pay is the shipping fee and give him updates on how the snakes gettin on periodically . does this sound odd ? or should i rip his hands off? xx |
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MrsA82
Yearling
 
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/05/2011 : 20:47:53
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Dont do it Sounds a likely scam artist email |
   2.4.0 Royal python 0.0.2 Cornsnake 1.1.0 Extreme red Albino Hognose 2.2.1 Crested Gecko 1.0.0 Bearded Dragon
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stumpy
Yearling
 
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/05/2011 : 20:53:59
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Don't do it, too good to be true |
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Laws
Fully Grown Royal
   
United Kingdom
1007 Posts |
Posted - 10/05/2011 : 20:54:15
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i replied to the forum add and then told him to email me , and he has and also said to give him a call on a foreign number (which i havent ) he added some pics of someone holding them . but the email was more broken english . i have mailed him aload of questions so will see what he says back to try and trick the trickster . it just sounds waaaay to good to be true! |
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Lotabob
Royal Python Moderator
    
United Kingdom
5008 Posts |
Posted - 10/05/2011 : 21:16:41
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You'll either recieve nothing at all or some half dead totally stressed wild snake. |

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Laws
Fully Grown Royal
   
United Kingdom
1007 Posts |
Posted - 10/05/2011 : 21:19:40
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thats what i thought to be honest , and for albino and piebald royals...... |
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Posted - 10/05/2011 : 22:23:15
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Hi - have only just seen this thread ... when I used to go on the dark side, there was a guy (from the Cameroons too!) making the same kind of offer, and someone actually played him at his own game, emailing him and recording phone calls etc. I think they actually ended up meeting in the UK. It was a con, I'm afraid.
That was about a year ago - could even be the same guy trying his luck again.
Pity - and unless you've come across this sort of thing before it does sound like a brilliant deal. But I'd be very wary. |
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Laws
Fully Grown Royal
   
United Kingdom
1007 Posts |
Posted - 10/05/2011 : 22:28:57
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bummer , i will def steer well clear , can u remember his name at all ? i have it in his email title see :) im not too gutted to be honest , just have a soft spot for albino royals hehe |
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Lotabob
Royal Python Moderator
    
United Kingdom
5008 Posts |
Posted - 10/05/2011 : 22:32:02
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I think I want an albino too or one of those completely patternless white ones. Pretty. |

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Posted - 10/05/2011 : 22:51:03
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I will try and do some research - if not tonight, tomorrow - yes, be interesting to see if it's the same guy. As I remember he had a very flowery, laboured, formal writing/speaking style ...
Off to do a bit of sleuthing ... |
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Posted - 10/05/2011 : 23:00:58
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Oh dear me ... there are posts on the dark side going 4 years back, I'm afraid, about beardies, offering the same sort of deal, from people, men and women, apparently based in the Cameroons ... weird or what? I will try and trace this particular guy though. As I remember he was offering all sorts of morphs wild caught, which is why the dark side member decided to put him to the test, because his story didn't add up.
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Laws
Fully Grown Royal
   
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Posted - 10/05/2011 : 23:26:21
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Doesn't ring any bells but of course they'll have a zillion aliases - have been going through posts but there are a zillion posts ...I'll try and think up more subjects to search tomorrow ...  |
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